419 scam: "The United Nations"<unlegalaffairs.ola@gmail.com> Change Of Your Account, Did You Signed?

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- unlegalaffairs.ola@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "The United Nations" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 12:44:44 +0100
Subject: Change Of Your Account, Did You Signed?

Attention: Beneficiary,

With due respect ,

The United Nations Office Financial Crime investigation Unit (UNODC) New York USA received an application mail from one Ms Patricia M.Russell, for an urgent change of your nominated bank account regarding your fund ($15,6) transaction with Finance storage house Malaysia Ms Patricia came out fully to make us believe that you died of CoronaVirus a couple of days ago in Methodist hospital in the United States of America..

In her mail, she requested that your entire unclaimed funds of $15.6M with Finance storage house Malaysia be transferred to her as soon as possible, hence she is your relative and next of kin to the intended fund. Here comes the question, did you sign any deed of assignment in favuor of ( Ms Patricia )? Thereby making her the current beneficiary/ Next Of Kin of
the sum of $15.6m

This organization wants to use this medium to send a mail to your email, probably your wife or somebody might respond directly from your email to confirm her request before it will be granted.

Be informed that a copy of this message will equally be sent to Finance storage house Malaysia for their perusal. Furthermore, if no response whatsoever is received after 72hours, this organization will permit Finance storage house Malaysia to process and release your unclaimed funds to her as she has applied or the funds will be donated to Ukraine as aid.

if we do not hear again from you or from your family, in the next three working days, the United Nations financial Crime (UNODC) will release the fund to (Ms Patricia account. contact UN OLA Lawyer on Email for Help : unlegalaffairs.ola@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Executive DirectorFinancial Task Force,(USA).

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